Circuit-controlling device for motors.



No. 786,752. PATENTED APR. 4, 1905. G. W. GILMORE.

CIRCUIT CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR MOTORS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15, 1004.

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G. W. GILMORE.

PATBNTED APR. 4, 1905.

CIRCUIT CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR MOTORS.

APPLIGATIOH FILED SEPT.15- 1904.

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UN TED STATES Patented A ril 4, 1905'.

' PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. GILMORE, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE ALLIANCE MACHINE COMPANY, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO, COR- PORATION OF OHIO.

CIRCUIT-CONTROLLING DEVIOE FOR MOTORS.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 786,?552, dated. April 4, 2.985.

I Application filed September 16, 1004. Serial lie. 2%,672.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. GILMORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alliance, Ohio, have invented certain Improvements in Circuit-Controlling Devices for Motors, of which the following is a specification. One object of my invention is to provide a combination of apparatus whereby mechanism driven by an electric motor shall at a predetermined. time in its operation actuate a device for cutting off the supply of current to saidmotor, a further object of the invention being to provide asystem bywhich mechanism operated by an electric motor will after it has been actuated for a predetermined time cause fiow of current in an auxil iary circuit, and thereby operate an automatic switch to cut off the supply of current to the motor.

It is also desired to provide an adjustable device for regulating the point at which mechanism actuated from an electric motor shall cause the operation of apparatus for cutting off the sup 1y of current to said motor.

These 0 jects I attain as hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fi ure 1 is a diagrammatic view illustrating t is preferred arrangement of apparatus comprislng my invention. Fig. 21s a 1plan view of the preferred form of circuit-c oser em loyed aspart of my invention. Figs. 3 an 4"are respectively side and end elevations of the structure shown in Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is a side elevation showin the detail constructionof one of the pieces 0 employed as part of my invention.

In the above drawings, A represents the armature of an electric motor having a fieldwinding F and connected to a reversm -controller C. Whatever mechanism is riven by said motor has operatively connected to it a shaft E, rovided with a threaded portion e, carrie in bearings e. and supported in any desired manner. Said bearings project on both sides of the shaft E and have 9X- tending between them a pair of metallic rods apparatus or bars a and e, which, however, are insulated from said hearings by bushin s e, of

'non-conductin material. Upon. eac of the bars are two a justahle collars a which may be held in any desired osition by means of set-screws. A nut F, 0 insulating material, is threaded to receive the threaded shaft e and has fixed to it a U-shaped piece of metal f of such dimensions that it may engage the collars e on the bars e and e and if two of these be in line will form electrical connection between them. Nuts 6' are provided on portions of the bars e and c rojecting outside of one of the bearings e 101' the attachment of wires e and e", which for-m part of the electric circuit shown diagrannnatically in Fi 1.

Re erring to Fig. i, it will be seen that current is supplied through a double-pole switch D, one terminal of which is connected to the segments 0 of the controller O. Concentrically placed relatively to these segments are a pair of segments 0 and c of which the fhstis connected to one terminal of the motorarmature A and the other is connected to one of the pivotal terminals of the circuitbreaker B.

In addition to the segments noted there are two' series of contact-buttons c and s also arranged concentrically with segments 0, to which are connected two banks of resistance c and 0, connected to each other and to the second pivotal terminal of the circuit-breaker B. 'A pivoted contact-arm is represented in dotted lines at c. This carries two contactlates c and c, of which the first is placed to h c and either of the contact-so ments 0' or c while the second is placed to ridge between that one of the segments 0 or c not en aged by the plate 0 and one of the series 0 contact-buttons c or c? It will be noted from Fig. 5 that the cirridge between the contacts cuit-breaker B is of the double-throw doublepole t; e and is constantly pressed outwardly means of two devices b .act' upon its blades, which are preferably 0 the .wellknown spring-plunger type One of the up- 0131 the position shown in Fig. 1 by i per terminals of the circuit-breaker is connected to one of the armature-terminals of the motor, while the other is connected to one of the terminals of the field-winding and also to the terminal 6 of the circuit-breaker B through a bank of resistance 1). This latter termmal is so placed as to be engaged by that one of the circuit-breaker bladeswhose movement of the trigger b.

pivotal support is connected to the segment of the controller 0, said blade moving into engagement with said terminal when released from the position shown in Fig. 1 by It will be seen that there is an armature I) attached to the trigger b and placed-to be acted upon by the magnet b, so that when this latter is energized said armature, and with it the trigger will be raised, soas to re- -lease the blades 1) of the circuit-breaker.

The second terminal 0 of the circuit-closing device actuated from the shaft E is connected to the second terminal of the field- -winding F of the motor, which in turn is con nected to one of the supply-mains through main switch D.

Under operating conditions, with the switch 1) and the circuit-breaker B in the ,po-

sition shown in 1 current will be su plied to the motor and the operating-ban e of the controller 0 will be placed so that its contact-plates c and 0 engage their respective se ments and contact-buttons on said 7 contro er.

and causin the trigger to be raised, so as topermit o the openlng of the circuit-breaker and the consequent cutting off of current from the moto In order that the motor may be quickly brought to rest, 1 cause the armature to be short-circuited and su pl the field-windin F with current througli t e resistance 6 an the secondary terminal I) of the circuitbreaker B, it being noted that said circuitbreaker is-violently turned on its pivotal or hinge supports, so that one of the blades 'b -engages this terminal I) and so completes the circuit from the positive supply-main through the segment 0, plate 0 segment a, blade I) of circuit-breaker B, terminal I), resistance 1), and field-winding F and to thenegative supply-main. The second blade by engaging the terminal I) completes the circuit .from the armature through said circuit-breaker to the resistance 6 through contact-plate c on em c contact-segment c, and back to the armature.

The number of revolutions made by the et 1), energizing it shaft E before the operation of the motor is stopped by the opening of the circuit-breaker Bandthe consequent cuttin off of current may be varied as desired by a justing the ositions of the collars e upon the bars e an e.

I claim as my invent1on- 1. A circuit-controllin device including a frame having two guidears electrically 1nsulated from each other, a screw, driving means, an insulating-nut on said screw, 9. contact-piece on the nut, and adjustable contacts respectively supported upon the guidebars so as to be engaged by said contactpiece on the nut, substantially as described. 2. The combination of a screw, means for moving the same, a nut on the screw, acontact-piece carried by said nut, a normally fixed but adjustable block, and means for supporting said block so that it may be engaged by said nut, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a screw, a frame includin a pair of guides, contact-pieces adjustabfe on said guides and a nut on the screw having a portion placed to engage the contacts on the guides, substantially as described. i

4:. The combination of a screw, -a frame includin a bar or bars extending substantially parall to the screw, a nut threaded on the screw having means whereby its rotation is prevented, a contact-piece on the nut and a contact or contacts movably carried by the said bar or bars and placed to be engaged by said-eontact-piece on the nut, substantially as described. t

5. Thecombination of a screw, a frame having bearin s for the same, bars carried by the frame su stantially parallel with the screw, a collar or collars on said bars and a nut on the screw .placed toengage said collar or collars, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a screw, a frame, contactieces adjustable on said frame and electrica y insulated from one amotherya nut on the screw, with a contactspiece carried by said nut and insulated i om the screw, substantially as described.

7. A system including an electric motor, a screw driven thereby, .a switch controlled b said screw, an automatic switch in circuit wit said motor, with a solenoid in circuit with the screw-controlled switch and rovided with means for causing operation 0 the automatic switch, substantially as described.

8. A system including an electric motor, a switch in circuit therewith, a solenoid provided with means for causing o eration of said switch, a screw-operated by t e motor, a contact-piece movedby said screw and a contact or contacts in circuit with said solenoid and placed to be electrically connected to a source of ower by said movable contact, substantialy as described.

9. A system including an electric motor, a switch in circuit therewith, a solenoid controlling the operation of said switch, a screw operated by said motor, a pair of adjustable contacts connected respectively to said solenoid and to a source of power, and a device movable bythe screw and placed to bridge between said contacts, substantially as described.

- 10. A system including an electric motor, a switch operated thereby, a solenoid in circuit with said switch, a second switch in circuit with the motor and mechanism operated by said solenoid for causing operation of the second switch, substantially as described.

11. A system including an electric motor, a switch constructed to be operated thereby at predetermined times, a second switch in circuit with the motor including means for short-circuiting the motor-armature inde-' pendently of supply-mains, with mechanism controlled by the first switch for causin eration of the second switch, substantiafi described. 7 v

12. The combination with a motor, of a yas - circuit-closer operated thereby, a doublethrow switch having a winding .in circuit with said closer, means for connecting the motor to supply-mains when the switch is in one position and means for short-circuiting the armature of said motor independently of said mains when the switch is in its other position, substantially as described.

13. The combination with-a motor, of a circuit-closer operated thereby, a doublethrow switch having a Winding incircuit with said closer and provided with connections for supplying current to the motor from supply-mains, said switch also having connections for short-circuiting the armature on itself and eonnectin the motor-field across the sup ly-mains, su stantially as described.

14. he combination of. a double-throw switch, means including a solenoid for causing said switch to disengage one of its sets of terminals and engage another set, a bank of resistance in circuit with one of the terminals and a circuit-closer operated by the motor, in circuit with said solenoid, said switch ha ving means. for connecting the motor to suply-rnains when it is in one position and also avin means for connectinglthe field-winding 0 y to said mains throug said resistance and short-circuiting the armature on itself when in its other position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE w. GILMORE.

Witnesses:

EDWIN W. DI-EHL, J. J. BROWN. 

